"Push, Nevada" (2002) TV series

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

John David Coles
Rodman Flender

Writers:

Ben Affleck (writer)
Sean Bailey (writer)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

17 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Live the Mystery. Win the Money. Push the Limits.

Plot:

A Federal agent travels to a small town in search of a missing $1 million (while the audience gets a chance to find - and win - the money first).

Plot Keywords:

Audience Participation | Nevada | Short Lived | Jackpot | Television Flop

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Monty Bane	...	Freezing Man (7 episodes, 2002)
Josh Todd		(7 episodes, 2002)
Derek Cecil	...	James A. Prufrock (6 episodes, 2002)
Scarlett Chorvat	...	Mary Sloman (6 episodes, 2002)
Liz Vassey	...	Dawn Mitchell / ... (6 episodes, 2002)
W. Earl Brown	...	Shadrach (5 episodes, 2002)
Larry Poindexter	...	Well Dressed Man #3 (5 episodes, 2002)
Abby Brammell	...	Darlene Prufrock (4 episodes, 2002)
Steven Culp	...	Well-Dressed Man #2 / ... (3 episodes, 2002)
David Carey Foster	...	Wesson / ... (3 episodes, 2002)
Jim Ortlieb	...	The Middle Management Man (3 episodes, 2002)
Joel Bissonnette	...	The Artist (2 episodes, 2002)
Andy Kreiss	...	Casino Host (2 episodes, 2002)
James Patrick Stuart	...	Well Dressed Man #3 (2 episodes, 2002)
Mary Stein	...	Myrna (2 episodes)

Runtime:

60 min (7 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce Air Park - 33638 Agua Dulce Canyon Road, Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

LivePlanet

Trivia:

The clues presented in the series were decoded to form a toll-free phone number for viewers to claim a $1 million prize. The prize was won by Mark Nakamoto, of West New York, New Jersey, who was the first to call in after the final set of clues were broadcast on ABC's Monday Night Football.

Quotes:

James A. Prufrock: Grace, how far away is Push, Nevada?

Too sophisticated to be properly appreciated

No one could ever be deluded into thinking that `Push, Nevada' was going to be a mass-market success. To appreciate the series, a potential viewer has to watch every second of every episode; an easily bored viewer wouldn't have had the patience to do this. I suppose ABC's gimmick of embedded clues leading to a $1 million prize was an attempt to garner additional viewer patience, but obviously it didn't work. In contrast, Fox's functionally similar `24' has been able to consistently engage the average viewer to watch every episode, but only by making the conspiracy utterly simplistic and the thrills quick, cheap, and gratuitous. What made `Push, Nevada' great also made it a commercial failure. Only those who enjoyed sifting through the show's clever and quirky minutiae appreciated how truly great the series was.